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Garrett Fredley @somecronzaguy.bsky.social · 14d

Looks are all WIP at the moment. I have some fun ideas for adding visual flair to certain bits. It's just taking ages to one-by-one add the parts of this

Garrett Fredley @somecronzaguy.bsky.social · 14d

Progress so far on my free online D&D character sheet tool built in React with Typescript

- Most numerical things are dynamically calculated
- Skills have a Proficiency / Expertise' tri-state checkbox

First time doing web-dev and boy it's been a mountain to climb 🙃

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Garrett Fredley @somecronzaguy.bsky.social · 19d

I started a new side project: A free, no account required, online D&D character sheet editor with all the bells and whistles you'd expect or want: Auto-calculating fields, data linking for items and spells, etc

It'll be a while, but it's a fun project to keep my skills sharp

Garrett Fredley @somecronzaguy.bsky.social · 20d

One of these days we'll get our own track

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Garrett Fredley @somecronzaguy.bsky.social · 20d

2026 is looking ever brighter for Game Preservation. My proposed Roundtable at GDC 2026 has moved to Phase 2! I couldn't ask for a better friend to join me for this @borman.bsky.social

Now to try and make it the rest of the way 🤞

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Garrett Fredley @somecronzaguy.bsky.social · 21d

My Friday night homework

I will either cook, or be cooked. It was nice knowing y'all

Garrett Fredley @somecronzaguy.bsky.social · 23d

a man in a video game is asking why are we still here ? just to suffer .

ALT: a man in a video game is asking why are we still here ? just to suffer .

media.tenor.com

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Garrett Fredley @somecronzaguy.bsky.social · 23d

Most tend to assume "Art + Code + HDD = Preserved" when that isn't enough to restore a title to a working state.

Download links can become deprecated. Knowledge is transient. Development environments are usually poorly documented, so get this stuff while you can

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Garrett Fredley @somecronzaguy.bsky.social · 23d

For my fellow game developers out there, a starter tip for preparing your games for archiving:

Write down the list of software & tool versions you use, their respective download links, and even an offline copy of the installers if possible. These are needed for reconstitution

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Garrett Fredley @somecronzaguy.bsky.social · 23d

I want to try a Ren Faire next year 🤔

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Garrett Fredley @somecronzaguy.bsky.social · 26d

Sunday study session at the library

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Garrett Fredley @somecronzaguy.bsky.social · 29d

I'm already in weekly 2 D&D campaigns, but now I have a new character idea and want another campaign to play them in 😭

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Garrett Fredley @somecronzaguy.bsky.social · Sep 11

My sister team is hiring for a U.K-based Senior Build Engineer to drive, improve and expand the capabilities of the PlayStation Studios Build Services team.

Check it out and hit me up if you have questions!
careers.playstation.com/senior-build...

Careers at Sony Interactive Entertainment I Senior Build Services Engineer - 18 Months

Join Sony Interactive Entertainment in Liverpool England! Apply for the role today and start your journey with us.

careers.playstation.com

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Garrett Fredley @somecronzaguy.bsky.social · Sep 11

Finished the first season of Vox Machina yesterday. A really fun ride and as a long time D&D fan, it was a special treat trying to guess which spells were which, and how the underlying mechanics were getting used

Percy is absolutely the most similar to the kind of chars I play

Garrett Fredley @somecronzaguy.bsky.social · Sep 10

The new D&D 5.5 Unearthed Arcana rules for the Artificer are wild. I've always wanted to monoclass one, but felt the limitations were a bit stifling. While it seems pretty strong now, I like the player agency of it

I think an Artillerist Artificer is in my future

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Garrett Fredley @somecronzaguy.bsky.social · Sep 7

The true BBEG of Runescape

Garrett Fredley @somecronzaguy.bsky.social · Sep 7

I am once more in the interview process for the Vice Chair position at my local anime con, but also for the Director Of Safety position!

Here is to hoping 🤞

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Garrett Fredley @somecronzaguy.bsky.social · Sep 3

I'm thinking of doing Gamescom next year 🤔

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Garrett Fredley @somecronzaguy.bsky.social · Sep 1

My #PAXWest2025 talk on Industry Game Preservation is complete!

I hope all who attended and listened to my stories enjoyed it! It's a messy, complex and often bureaucratic world, but it is where I call home

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Garrett Fredley @somecronzaguy.bsky.social · Aug 30

Celebrating the end of Day 1 of #PaxWest2025 by playing OSRS for the first time in the hotel room

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Garrett Fredley @somecronzaguy.bsky.social · Aug 29

Visiting some friends to talk about game preservation

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Garrett Fredley @somecronzaguy.bsky.social · Aug 29

During SakuraCon earlier in the year, a fire broke out in the kitchen. The smoke in the ventilation actually shut down a part of the Arch building for the day

I haven't checked in on it since, but I assume the damage was great enough to warrant shutting down

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Garrett Fredley @somecronzaguy.bsky.social · Aug 28

This is going to be a fun weekend! #PaxWest2025

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Garrett Fredley @somecronzaguy.bsky.social · Aug 27

15 hour drive from Calgary to Seattle almost complete! Stopping in to Vancouver to see family before continuing south

Visited some caves on the way!

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Garrett Fredley @somecronzaguy.bsky.social · Aug 26

Y'all, it's time: I'm starting OSRS this week

I've spent years on-and-off playing RS2 / RS3, but these days the game has gotten a bit much for my liking. After the news of the boom in popularity for OSRS, I can't help but miss the old days

I'll see y'all in Lumbridge